The series has its critics, but it’s already forced one significant change in the TV industry.

The upcoming FX drama “Justified,” debuting in March, was once called “Lawman.”
Based on a character created by novelist Elmore Leonard, “Justified” stars Timothy Olyphant (“Deadwood”) as a deputy U.S. Marshall.

“You can’t have two shows on the air called ‘Lawman,’ because there will be confusion in the audience as to which show you’re talking about,” said John Landgraf, FX president, during the recent TV Tour in Hollywood. “Steven Seagal’s show went on the air first, and they took the name ‘Lawman.’ We said, ‘We can’t use this name.’ And we had to come up with another one.

“We struggled to find a title and then we found ‘Lawman’ and really liked it. At that time we didn’t know anything about the Steven Segal show, and when we became aware of it, we were really bummed because we really liked ‘Lawman.’”

A new episode of “Steven Seagal Lawman” – titled “Narc Force” is scheduled to air Wednesday (January 27) at 9 p.m.